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Mt. Kilimanjaro Hiking Machame Route and Tanzania Lodge Safari
Machame route is the most scenic and popular route climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. This safari can begin in Kenya or Tanzania depending on point of arrival in terms of airport. In case a client comes through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the client will spend the night in Nairobi and the following morning board a shuttle bus to Moshi. If the client comes through Mt Kilimanjaro Airport, the client will be transferred to moshi.
Day 1: Machame camp
Pick up at a hotel in moshi by the mountain guide and porters, drive to Machame gate for registration and clearance. Start hiking through the rain forest. You will have a lunch stop over then proceed with the hike to Machame camp which is at 2700 meters above sea level. By the time you arrive at the camp the porters are will have arrived much earlier and erected your tent. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 2: Shira camp
After breakfast descend a bit and trek uphill to the top of the forest then ease into the moorland, this part is less tedious and takes about two hours before reaching the top of a rocky bluff where lunch is taken. After lunch descend a bit and head towards shira cathedral passing by Bivi cave then to Shira camp which is at 3700meters. This section is easy and relatively flat. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 3: Baranco camp
After breakfast hike to Baranco Camp via Lava Tower which is at 3950 meters. The days hike has a few steep sections and valleys, a small section of scree and rocks and some sand dunes. After a rest, climb to 4,800 meters to acclimatize then descend back to camp. This day is quite tiresome. Dinner and overnight at Baranco camp.
Day 4: Karanga Valley
After breakfast trek on a steep ridge passing the baranco wall to Karanga valley which is at 4100 meters above sea level. This hike is short and meant for acclimatization. Dinner and overnight at karanga valley campsite.
Day 5: Barafu hut
After breakfast hike to Barafu hut which is at 4550 meters above sea level. This point ends the southern circuit and offers views of the summit. Rest and prepare for the summit attempt. Dinner and overnight at the Barafu hut.
Day 6: Mweka hut
Wake up at 0100hrs and ascend up through the heavy scree past Rebmann and Ratzel glaciers to stella point. This is the most challenging part of the hike. A short rest as the sun rises. The view is most rewarding. Continue to Uhuru peak [5895 maters] which is the highest point in Africa. Afterwards descend to Mweka hut which is at 3,100 meters above sea level. Dinner and overnight at the mweka hut.
Day 7: Lake Manyara
After breakfast descend to mweka gate where you will receive summit certificate. From the gate you continue for another hour to Mweka village. Bid the mountain guide and the porters goodbye. The lodge safari begins here, the driver guide will pick you and drive to lake manyara arriving late afternoon. Dinner and overnight Lake Manyara Serena Lodge.
Day 8: Lake Manyara
Have an early breakfast and go for the morning game drive through the scenic lake manyara which has abundant wildlife and birdlife. The lake is 230 kilometers squared while the whole park is 330 kilometers squared inclusive of the lake. Lake Manyara is located under the wall of the Rift Valley and has the highest population of elephants per square kilometer in the country. After lunch spend the afternoon at leisure and latter do an evening game drive Dinner and overnight at Serena lodge.
Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater
Have breakfast and then go for the morning game drive. Depart Lake Manyara mid morning and head to Ngorongoro crater. The crater is at the base of the Rift valley and stands at a height of 3000 feet above sea level. Its depth is 2000 meters and has a diameter of 10 miles. Ngorongoro Crater has been described as Africa’s garden of Eden and it has also been referred as Africa’s game hunt. Dinner and overnight at Sopa lodge.
Day 10: Ngorongoro crater
Have breakfast early and descend 2000 meters with a four wheel drive vehicle to the floor of the crater. Ngorongoro crater has plenty of game. The park has recorded over 14000 wildebeest. Bird life is also abundant. Spend the day exploring this natural habitat taking a break to have a picnic lunch. Later ascend back to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at Sopa lodge.
Day 11: Serengeti
After breakfast depart and head to Serengeti passing through Olduvai Gorge, a fossil site excavated by the leakey family where they discovered human fossil dating back 2 million years. Later proceed to the world famous Serengeti National Park. Serengeti is one of the largest wildlife sanctuary in the world and its also the site of the most breathtaking events in the animal kingdom, The migration of thousands if wildebeest. Check in at Serengeti sopa lodge for lunch. Spend the afternoon at leisure and later do an evening game drive. Dinner and overnight at sopa lodge.
Day 12: Serengeti
Serengeti is characterized by a savannah type of topography with treeless vast plains, scattered acacia trees, rock outcrops, riverine bushes, scrubs, rivers and swamps. These features give Serengeti a fascinating variety of sceneries. The day is spent exploring this amazing park with morning and evening game drive. The parks animal population is over 4 million and over 400 bird species. Meals and overnight at Serengeti sopa lodge.
Day 13: Arusha
After breakfast go for the morning game drive and later depart serengeti mid morning arriving Arusha in time for lunch.
Price includes:
- Transportation from and back to Nairobi
- I night fullboard accommodation in Nanyuki
- Services of a trained guide and porters
- Three meals per day
Not included:
- climbing equipments
- Sleeping bags
- Expenses of personal nature such as visas, travel/baggage insurance, laundry, beverages, tips etc
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at 5,895 metres or 19,341 feet above sea level. Kilimanjaro is composed of three distinct volcanic cones: Kibo 5,895 m (19,341 ft); Mawenzi 5,149 m (16,893 ft); and Shira 3,962 m (13,000 ft). Uhuru Peak is the highest summit on Kibo's crater rim.
Above 4,000m, a surreal alpine desert supports little life other than a few hardy mosses and lichen. Then, finally, the last vestigial vegetation gives way to a winter wonderland of ice and snow – and the magnificent beauty of the roof of the continent.
About Kilimanjaro National Park
Size: 1668 sq km 641 sq miles).
Location: Northern Tanzania, near the town of Moshi.
Getting there
128 km (80 miles) from Arusha.
About one hour’s drive from Kilimanjaro airport.
What to do
Six usual trekking routes to the summit and other more-demanding mountaineering routes.
Day or overnight hikes on the Shira plateau. Nature trails on the lower reaches.
Trout fishing.
Visit the beautiful Chala crater lake on the mountain’s southeastern slopes.
When to go
Clearest and warmest conditions from December to February, but also dry (and colder) from July-September.
Accommodation
Huts and campsites on the mountain.
Several hotels and campsites outside the park in the village of Marangu and town of Moshi and Arusha.
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park is a national park in Arusha Region, Tanzania. The majority of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and Lake Manyara, an alkaline or soda-lake, to the east.
The park consists of 330 km2 (130 sq miles) of arid land, forest, and a soda-lake which covers as much as 200 km2 (77 sq miles) of land during the wet season but is nearly nonexistent during the dry season.
Lake Manyara National Park is known for the flamingos that inhabit the lake. During the wet season they inhabit the edges of the lake in flocks of thousands but they are not so present during the dry season.
More than 400 species of birds inhabit the park and many remain throughout the year. Because of this Lake Manyara National Park is a good spot for bird watching. Visitors to the park can expect to see upwards of 100 different species of bird on any day.
Leopards, lions, elephants, blue monkeys, dik-dik, gazelle, hippo, giraffe, impala, and more inhabit the park and many can be seen throughout the year. There is a hippo pond at one end of the park where visitors can get out of their cars and observe from a safe distance. The leopards and lions are both known to lounge in the trees while not hunting for prey.
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater is a large, unbroken, unflooded volcanic caldera. The crater, which formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself some two to three million years ago, is 610 m (2,000 ft) deep and its floor covers 260 km2 (100 sq miles).Estimates of the height of the original volcano range from fifteen to nineteen thousand feet (4500 to 5800 metres) high.
The crater highlands on the side facing the easterly trade winds receives 800–1200 mm of rain a year and is covered largely in montane forest, while the less-steep west wall receives only 400–600 mm; this side is grassland and bushland dotted with Euphorbia bussei trees. The crater floor is mostly open grassland with two small wooded areas dominated by Acacia xanthophloea.
The Munge Stream drains Olmoti Crater to the north, and is the main water source draining into the seasonal salt lake in the center of the crater. This lake is known by two names: Makat as the Maasai called it, meaning salt; and Magadi. The Lerai Stream drains the humid forests to the south of the Crater, and it feeds the Lerai Forest on the crater floor - when there is enough rain, the Lerai drains into Lake Magadi as well. Extraction of water by lodges and NCA headquarters reduces the amount of water entering Lerai by around 25%.
The other major water source in the crater is the Ngoitokitok Spring, near the eastern crater wall. There is a picnic site here open to tourists and a huge swamp fed by the spring, and the area is inhabited by hippopotamus, elephants, lions, and many others. Many other small springs can be found around the crater's floor, and these are important water supplies for the animals and local Masaai, especially during times of drought.
Aside from herds of zebra, gazelle, and wildebeest, the crater is home to the "big five" of rhinoceros, lion, leopard, elephant, and buffalo. The crater plays host to almost every individual species of wildlife in East Africa, with an estimated 25,000 animals within the crater.
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park is a large national park located in Tanzania. It is most famous for its annual migration of over one and a half million white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra. Serengeti National Park is widely regarded as the best wildlife reserve in Africa due to its density of predators and prey.
The Serengeti is Tanzania's oldest national park and remains the flagship of the country’s tourism industry, providing a major draw to the “Northern Safari Circuit”, encompassing Lake Manyara, Tarangire and Arusha national parks, as well as Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The park covers 14,763 km2 (5,700 sq mi) of grassland plains and savanna as well as riverine forest and woodlands. The park lies in the north of the country, bordered to the north by the national Tanzania and Kenyan border, where it is continuous with the Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
As well as the migration of ungulates, the park is well known for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the "Big Five". The park also supports many further species, including cheetah, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, topi, eland, waterbuck, hyena, baboon, impala, African wild dog and giraffe. The park also boasts about 500 bird species, including ostrich, secretary bird, Kori bustard, crowned crane, marabou stork, martial eagle, lovebirds and many species of vultures.
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